[FILE] Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen attends a rally outside the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taipei on January 13, 2024, after Lai Ching-te won the presidential election. Taiwan’s ruling party candidate Lai Ching-te, branded a threat to peace by China, on January 13 won the island’s presidential election, a vote watched closely from Beijing to Washington. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday met US delegates who arrived on the island on the heels of an election won by a pro-sovereignty candidate who Beijing said would bring war to the self-ruled island.
Voters defied Beijing’s repeated calls not to vote for Vice President Lai Ching-te, delivering a victory for a man China’s ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separatist who will take Taiwan down the “evil path” of independence.
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